The Daddy Prize（好爸爸奖）

名称：The Daddy Prize（好爸爸奖）
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[00:07.31]I looked long atthe face of mychild.
[00:09.04]我的眼光久久停留在孩子的脸上。
[00:10.77]Molly had given meher treasures.All that a seven-year-old held dear.
[00:13.40]莫莉给我的是她的宝贝。是一个七岁孩子珍存的一切。
[00:16.03]Love in a papersack.
[00:17.64]是装在纸袋里的爱。
[00:19.25]The Daddy PrizeBy Robert Fulghum
[00:27.13]　 好爸爸奖罗伯特·富尔戈姆
[00:35.00]The cardboard boxis marked "The GoodStuff."
[00:37.03]那个硬纸盒上写着"好东西"
[00:39.06]As I write I cansee where it isstored on a highshelf in my studio.
[00:41.67]每次在书房伏案写作，我抬眼就可以在高高的书架上看见它。
[00:44.27]I like being ableto see it when Ilook up.
[00:45.78]我喜欢一抬眼就能看见它。
[00:47.29]The box containsthose odds and endsof personaltreasures
[00:49.49]这个盒子里装着被自己当财宝一样攒积下来的一些小玩意，
[00:51.68]that have survivedmany bouts of "clean-it-out-and-throw-it-away."
[00:54.11]尽管我多次清理和丢弃东西，但这些玩意还是好好地搁在里面。
[00:56.55]A thief looking intothe box would nottake anything-
[00:58.14]若是一个小偷溜进来看见盒子里的这些东西，他什么也不会拿走，
[00:59.72]he couldn't get aquarter for any ofit.
[01:01.30]因为没有一样值两角五分钱。
[01:02.88]But if the houseever catches onfire,
[01:04.26]但倘若这间房子突然着火，
[01:05.64]the box goes withme when, I run.
[01:07.55]我逃离的时候一定会带着这盒子。
[01:09.46]One of the keepsakesin the box is asmall paper bag.Lunch size.
[01:12.05]盒子里一样小纪念品是一个小纸袋，只午餐袋那么大。
[01:14.64]Though the top issealed with staplesand several paperclips,
[01:16.87]虽然用订书钉和几个回形针封着口．
[01:19.10]there is a raggedrip in one sidethrough which thecontents may be seen
[01:21.86]但从一侧皱褶的裂口还是能看到里面的东西。
[01:24.62]This particularlunch sack has beenin my care for 14years
[01:27.23]这个特别的午餐袋我已保存了14年。
[01:29.83]But it reallybelongs to mydaughter, Molly.
[01:31.49]它原本是我女儿莫莉的。
[01:33.15]Soon after she cameof school age,
[01:34.49]那时她刚上小学，
[01:35.82]she became anenthusiasticparticipantin the morning
[01:37.56]每天早上总是自告奋勇地
[01:39.29]packing of lunchesfor herself,herbrothers and me.
[01:41.34]把我和她哥哥的以及她自己的午餐包进午餐袋里。
[01:43.39]Each bag got a shareof sandwiches,apples, milk money
[01:45.63]每个袋子里都有几块三明治、几个苹果和买牛奶的钱，
[01:47.88]and some-times anote or a treat.
[01:49.65]有时候，里面可能还夹张小纸条或一份小礼物。
[01:51.42]One morning Mollyhanded me two paperbags.
[01:53.13]有天早上，莫莉交给我两个纸袋，
[01:54.83]A regular lunchsack.
[01:55.76]一个是与平时一样的午餐袋，
[01:56.69]And another withthe staples andpaper clips.
[01:58.46]另一个则用订书钉和回形针封着口。
[02:00.23]"Why two bags?"I asked.
[02:01.53]"怎么两个袋子?"我问她。
[02:02.83]"The other one issomething else.""What's in it?"
[02:04.94]"另一个装别的东西。""里面装的是什么?"
[02:07.05]"Just some stuff-take it with you."I crammed both sacksinto my briefcase,
[02:10.06]"就一些小东西——你拿着吧。"我于是将两个袋子一同塞进公文包，
[02:13.07]kissed her andrushed off.
[02:14.51]吻吻她。匆匆上班去了。
[02:15.95]At midday, whilehurriedly scarfingdown my lunch,
[02:17.83]中午，我草草吃过午餐，
[02:19.71]I tore open Molly'ssecond bag and shookout the contents.
[02:22.52]撕开莫莉给我的另一个袋子，把里面的东西倒在桌上
[02:25.32]Two hair ribbons,three small stones,a plastic dinosaur,a pencil stub,
[02:28.72]两根头绳、三粒小石子、一只塑料恐龙、一个铅笔头、
[02:32.11]a tiny seashell,two animal crackers,a marble, a usedlipstick,
[02:35.37]一枚小贝壳、两片动物饼干、一小块大理石、一支用过的唇膏、
[02:38.63]a small doll,two Hershey's Kissesand 13 pennies.
[02:41.51]一个小布娃娃、两块赫尔希牌巧克力，还有13个一分的硬币。
[02:44.40]I smiled.How charming.
[02:46.04]我笑了起来。真逗!
[02:47.68]Rising to hustleoff to the impor-tant business ofthe afternoon,
[02:49.59]下午还有重要工作要做，
[02:51.50]I swept the deskclean.
[02:52.68]我站起身,将桌子打扫干净．
[02:53.85]Into the wastebasketwent my leftoverlunch and Molly'sjunk.
[02:56.17]把吃剩的午餐和莫莉的小破烂一同倒进废纸篓里。
[02:58.48]There wasn'tanything thereI needed.
[03:00.18]那些东西我一样也用不着。
[03:01.89]That evening Mollystood beside mewhile I was readingthe paper.
[03:04.15]那天晚上我正在看报，莫莉站到我身旁，
[03:06.42]"Where's my bag?"she asked."I left it at theoffice. Why?"
[03:09.06]问道:"我的袋子呢?""我漏在办公室了，怎么?"
[03:11.69]"I forgot to putthis note in it."She handed me apiece of paper.
[03:14.10]"我忘了把这张条子放进去。"她递给我一张纸条。
[03:16.50]"Besides, I want itback.""Why?"
[03:18.42]"还有,我想要回我的袋子。""为什么?"
[03:20.34]"Those are my thingsin the sack, Daddy,the ones I reallylike.
[03:22.62]"袋子里的东西是我的，都是我特别喜欢的。
[03:24.90]I thought you mightlike to play withthem,
[03:25.99]我想可能你愿意拿去玩玩。
[03:27.07]but now I wantthem again.
[03:27.93]可现在我想要回来了。
[03:28.78]"You didn't losethe bag, did you,Daddy?" Tearspuddled in her eyes.
[03:31.54]爸爸,你没把袋子弄丢吧?"说着，眼泪在她眼里打起转来。
[03:34.30]"Oh, no," I lied,"I just forgot tobring it home."
[03:36.58]"哦，当然没有丢，我只是忘了带回来。"我只好撒谎。
[03:38.86]"Bring it tomorrow,okay?""Sure thing-don'tworry."
[03:41.36]"明天带回来，好吗?""没问题，别担心。"
[03:43.85]As she hugged myneck with relief,
[03:44.81]女儿松了口气，勾住我的脖子，
[03:45.77]I unfolded the noteshe had given me:"I love you, Daddy."
[03:48.63]这时我打开她给我的纸条，上面写着:"我爱你爸爸。"
[03:51.48]I looked long atthe face of mychild.
[03:52.88]我的眼光久久停留在孩子的脸上，
[03:54.27]Molly had given meher treasures;All that a seven-year-old held dear.
[03:56.94]莫莉给我的是她的宝贝，是一个七岁孩子珍存的一切。
[03:59.61]Love in a papersack. And not onlyhad I missed it,
[04:01.90]是装在纸袋里的爱。而我不仅毫无理会，
[04:04.20]I had thrown it inthe wastebasket.Dear God.
[04:06.51]还将它扔进了废纸篓里。上帝，
[04:08.82]I felt my DaddyPermit was aboutto run out.
[04:10.84]我顿时觉得我这父亲的头衔该要作废了。
[04:12.85]It was a long tripback to the office.
[04:14.03]我急忙赶向办公室，路很长，
[04:15.21]But there wasnothing else tobe done.
[04:16.47]但我只能这么做。
[04:17.72]Just ahead of thejanitor, I pickedup the wastebasket
[04:19.44]趁门卫还没来，我抓起废纸篓
[04:21.16]and poured thecontents onto mydesk.
[04:22.67]把里面的东西都倒在桌上
[04:24.17]As I was sortingit all out, thejanitor came in todo his chores.
[04:26.59]正清拣时。门卫走进来打扫清洁。
[04:29.01]"Lose something?"I couldn't feelany more of a fool
[04:31.00]"丢东西啦?"觉得自己简直就像个大傻瓜。
[04:32.98]than I was already,so I told him.
[04:34.54]我唯有如实相告，
[04:36.11]"I got kids too,"he said.
[04:37.95]"我也有孩子。"他说道。
[04:39.80]So the brotherhoodof fools searchedthe trash and foundthe jewels,
[04:42.10]于是两个傻瓜迅速结成联盟，在一堆废品里找回了珍宝。
[04:44.39]and we smiled ateach other.
[04:45.40]我们相视而笑，
[04:46.41]You are never alonein these things.Never.
[04:48.21]这样的事情，一定会有其他人也碰到，真的。
[04:50.01]After washing themustard off thedinosaur
[04:51.43]我将恐龙身上的芥末冲洗掉，
[04:52.86]and sprayingeverything withbreath freshener
[04:54.13]给每件玩意都喷上清洁剂除
[04:55.40]to kill the smell ofonions,
[04:56.35]去洋葱味，
[04:57.30]I carefully smoothedout the wadded ballof brown paper intoa semifunctional bag
[05:00.06]然后，仔细地将揉成一团的牛皮纸袋展平，它还能凑合着用。
[05:02.82]put the treasuresinside and carriedit home gingerly,
[05:04.62]我将财宝一一放进去．小心翼翼抱着它往回走
[05:06.42]as if it were aninjured kitten.
[05:07.97]像是抱着一只受伤的小猫。
[05:09.52]The next eveningI returned it toMolly,
[05:10.74]第二天晚上，我把纸袋还给莫莉，
[05:11.97]no explanationsoffered.
[05:13.01]什么也没说。
[05:14.04]The bag didn'tlook so good,but the stuff wasall there,
[05:15.84]纸袋看起来不像原来那么好．但里面的东西都在，
[05:17.64]and that's whatcounted.
[05:18.51]这才是最重要的。
[05:19.38]After dinner I askedher to tell me aboutwhat was in the sack
[05:21.27]晚餐后，我请她给我讲讲纸袋里有些什么
[05:23.16]and so she took outthe objects one ata time
[05:24.57]她一样一样拿出来，
[05:25.98]and placed them ina row on the dining-room table.
[05:28.03]在餐桌上摆了一排。
[05:30.08]It took a long timeto tell.Everything had astory.
[05:32.28]每样东西都有一个故事，她花了好大一会儿功夫，给我一一讲了一遍
[05:34.48]Fairies had broughtsome of the things.And I had given herthe Hershey's Kisses
[05:36.92]有些东西是仙女带给她的，赫尔希牌巧克力则是我给她的，
[05:39.35]which she'd kept forwhen she neededthem.
[05:41.53]她留着,以备后用。
[05:43.70]I managed to say"I see" very wiselyseveral times in thetelling.
[05:46.63]她在讲述故事时，我尽量时不时显出十分理解的样子说："我明白了。"
[05:49.56]And, in fact,I did see.
[05:51.14]而我确实是明白了不少,
[05:52.72]To my surprise,Molly gave the bagto me once againseveral days later.
[05:55.42]出乎我的意料，几天后莫莉又将袋子给了我。
[05:58.12]Same ratty bag.Same stuff inside.I felt forgiven.
[06:00.71]同样皱巴巴的袋子，同样装着那些东西。我感到了孩子对我的
[06:03.30]And trusted.And loved.
[06:04.66]谅解、信任和爱，
[06:06.03]And a little morecomfortable wearingthe title of Father.
[06:08.01]我现在觉得父亲这个头衔戴得舒服了一点。
[06:10.00]Over several monthsthe bag went with mefrom time to time,
[06:12.17]以后几个月里，这个袋子便三番五次地从我手中拿走又回到我手中
[06:14.34]though it was neverclear why I did ordid not get it on aparticular day.
[06:16.85]尽管从来没有什么明确的理由为什么莫莉某一天要给我这个袋子或者不给我。
[06:19.36]I began to think ofit as the DaddyPrize and tried tobe good the night
[06:21.73]我开始把这个袋子看作"好爸爸奖"，所以尽量在头天晚上表现好一些
[06:24.11]before so I mightbe given it the nextmorning.
[06:25.80]第二天早上才有可能被授予那个袋子。
[06:27.49]In time Molly turnedher attention toother things,
[06:29.30]终于莫莉长大了，她的注意力转到了其他方面
[06:31.12]found othertreasures,grew up.
[06:32.42]她找到了新的珍宝。
[06:33.72]Me? I was leftholding the bag.
[06:35.51]我？于是那个袋就交由我保管了。
[06:37.29]She gave it to meone morning andnever asked for itsreturn.
[06:39.35]有天早上她把袋子交给我，就再也没要回去。
[06:41.41]I have it still.Sometimes I thinkof all the times inthis sweet life
[06:44.38]我至今还留着它。生活的美好满载其中。
[06:47.34]when I must havemissed the affectionI was being given.
[06:49.03]有多少人给予我情感，但许多我都失之交臂了。
[06:50.72]A friend calls this"standing knee-deepin the river anddying of thirst."
[06:54.09]我时常追念这些时光，我的一位朋友把这称为"站在过膝的河中却要渴死。"
[06:57.45]So the worn papersack is there inthe box.
[06:59.00]所以我一直将破纸袋放在盒子里。
[07:00.55]Left over from atime when a childsaid,
[07:02.05]那是一个孩子留下的，留下时她说:
[07:03.56]"This is the bestI've got. Take it-it's yours."
[07:05.56]"这是我得到的最好的东西．拿着吧--这是你的了。"